Poulat Inspired

Mexican Silver Store is proud to offer handcrafted Poulat inspired designs. These vintage inspired designs have been handcrafted by some of Taxco's finest artisans.

Celebrated jewelry designer, Matilde Poulat, first trained as a painter at the San Carlos Academy of Fine Arts in Mexico City alongside famed Mexican muralist, Diego Rivera. She opened her own silver design taller (workshop) in 1934 under the mark of "Matl" which is derived from the Aztec word for "water". Her pieces were heavily inspired by baroque detail work as well as by the feminine colors of Mexico, often using turquoise and coral as accents. Upon Poulat's death in 1960, her nephew, Ricardo Salas, continued creating beautiful jewelry under the "Matl" hallmark until his own death in 2006. The Taxco.925 Mexican Silver Store is proud to carry work by artisans who are inspired and pay homage to the Matl silver jewelry tradition.

"Matilde has continued to produce some of the most charming native jewelry in Mexico, intensely her own. Her jewelry has the same charm and delightful surface and colorful quality of the old lacquer work of Uruapan." -- William Spratling

Matl jewelry is featured in the Folkloric Art Museum in Mexico City and was used to illustrate the history of Mexican silver work at the cultural pavillion for Mexico during the 2004 Olympics in Greece. The Matl Taller also provided jewelry for the movie "Frida" starring Salma Hayek.